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It is neither a personal attack or name calling.
by hn_check 6y ago
It is neither a personal attack or name calling.
- dang 6y agoI get that these points can seem kind of subtle or even vacuous, but it's necessary to understand that they're a thousand times more obvious to the receiver. "literally worthless noise" is calling names in the sense that the HN guidelines use the term: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. "From your bio you have zero expertise in this area" is crossing into using someone's personal details as ammunition in an argument. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20%22personal%20details%22%20&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... "beyond, I suppose, that you follow some narratives on Twitter" is a nasty personal swipe. Please don't do that kind of thing on HN. If you review the site guidelines you'll notice that the intended spirit is quite different.